In People’s Party leader Tigran Karapetyan’s opinion, a third alternative “political force,” represented by him, has been created in Armenia, which will announce certain resolute approaches at the May 3 rally, Karapetyan said himself at a press conference in Yerevan today.<\/p>\n
On the topic of the possible joining of parties, Karapetyan said he recently met with Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian and is getting ready to meet with him again.<\/p>\n
As he has done at all his press conferences for the past two months, Karapetyan once again paid special attention to the opposition bloc the Armenian National Congress (HAK).<\/p>\n
He said that HAK representatives have flooded the city with their leaflets. In the party leader’s opinion, HAK has money and pays those who distribute its flyers.<\/p>\n
“They’re paid to do it; they have the money; they have the vehicles; they have a former prosecutor, a former minister of security; well they’re not doing it for free,” he said.<\/p>\n
When a journalist asked whether he believes the youth who distribute the flyers are actually paid, Karapetyan retorted with “What, are you burning up? Go drink a glass of cold water.”<\/p>\n
“Mr. Karapetyan, those youth are often beaten by police officers while distributing flyers,” said the journalist.<\/p>\n
However, Karapetyan wasn’t convinced, asking for proof that the youth have gotten a beating, saying “We haven’t come down from the mountains; we were born in Yerevan; we know very well,” implying that such incidents were fabricated.<\/p>\n
Epress.am asked Karapetyan to provide a few details on things to expect at the May 3 rally, to which he responded:<\/p>\n
“You will come; I know you will definitely be there; you’ll see everything. I don’t have any role there; the people are there and let the people come and say their decisive word and you will listen.”<\/p>\n
Throughout the press conference, the People’s Party leader spoke coarsely, patronizing those present with such expressions as “listen here” and “perhaps you’ve fallen from the roof”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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